Archive By Section - Yesteryear

Photo cutline -- Hoping to strike it rich -- Ron Pannullo looks for a good score during the weekend Carolina No-Tap bowling tournament held at the Super Bowl in the Burndale Shopping Center. A total purse of $2,500 was offered, and Randy Conn of Columbia rolled away with the $1,000 first prize. More than 100 bowlers competed in the tournament, and several local people were among the 20 semifinalists.

Photo cutline -- Dr. Tom Anderson receive the Camden Jaycees Distinguished Service Award Thursday night. Anderson was recognized for his many contributions to the community. Boyd Black, a member of the Jaycees, Susan Campbell, 1982 Miss Camden, and Van Outen, president of the Jaycees, joined in honoring Anderson.

Photo cutline -- Brady Williams – pries screening off Alexander Bracey's front door. He was one of 52 volunteers with Lyttleton United Methodist Church Youth Fellowship who spent their Christmas holidays restoring and repairing local homes for neighbors in need.

Photo cutline -- A shining example -- Elmer Wheeler adjusts a candle in front of his home in Cool Springs, where some 80 percent of the residents of the subdivision placed candles in sand-filled paper bags along the streets Sunday evening. The "luminaria" (a Spanish word meaning light) symbolized the bonfires the shepherds are said to have lit on their way to Bethlehem on the first Christmas. Dozens of carloads of visitors drove through the area to enjoy the Yuletide beauty.

Photo cutline -- Clothing for Needy -- Camden High School sewing instructor Mrs. V.R. "Daisy" Polson displays some of the garments the students of her six classes have made for the Jaycees' Stocking Fund. Approximately 300 pair of trousers, sweater shirts, and sweater-type jackets were made by the 76 students. The garments were given to Stocking Fund Chairman Tommy Cooper Friday and will be distributed among the some 125 needy families now on the Jaycees' list.

Photo cutline -- A tree for the future -- Charles Ramsey with the S.C. Forestry Commission and Lugoff-Elgin Middle School Principal Larry Patrick plant a tree in front of the school in celebration of the recent Arbor Day program, organized by teacher Clarence Taylor. The band performed songs for the holiday season, and teachers and students were recognized for their outstanding bulletin boards, poems and tree drawings.

Photo cutline -- Reid Buckley will be at the Corner Book Store tomorrow (Thursday) autographing copies of this latest book, 'Servants and their Masters', which from all accounts promises to be a best seller.

Photo cutline -- Among the cooks on hand for this year's Elgin Catfish Stomp will be chief cook Larry Nelson, flanked on the left by Bill Hughes and on the right by George Marthers. Stomp cooks usually spend all of Friday night cooking up the 600 gallons of catfish stew that will go to Saturday's hungry multitudes.

Photo cutline -- Field Trial Winners -- Winners in the Kershaw County Shooting Dog Fall Field Trial, held here Wednesday, are pictured above with their owners and the two judges. They are Lanning Risher with "Spot," first place winner; George Lachicotte with "Flash," second place, and Dr. L. H. Hardy with "Chief," third. Judges for the event were George Hodge and Ervin Brunson. Besides being the field champion, Risher's, "Spot" was also the combination champion.

Photo cutline -- Jamie Guy stands before the large purging tanks where his harvest of crawfish are cleaned before being boxed for delivery. Guy manages two 10-acre crawfish ponds and says the crawfish, which resembles a miniature lobster, tastes like a cross between a lobster and a shrimp.

Photo cutline -- Preparing For Open House -- Barbara Kelly, Donnie McLeod, and Hughie Brown prepare copies of their schedules for their parents to follow during Open House at Camden Junior High School.